The Victory Claims is a manganese mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,640 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 10,640 Feet (3,243 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 37.96722, -105.11250
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Victory Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Victory Claims
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Colorado
County: Custer
District: Hardscrabble District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1947
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wet Mountains
Type: L
Description: Nearby Large E-W-Trending Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Alkali-Granite (Alaskite)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Alkali-Granite (Alaskite)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Alkali-Granite (Alaskite)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT .25 MILE ABOVE SAINT CHARLES RIVER ON ITS SOUTH SIDE, NEAR CISNEROS TRAIL AND UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO SAINT CHARLES RIVER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
References
Reference (Deposit): VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 473.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-558.
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